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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
Important: The Replace Actions command replaces all sets of actions in the current document. Before using the
command, make sure that you have already saved a copy of your current set of actions using the Save Actions command.
• To load a set of actions, choose Load Actions from the Actions palette menu. Select the actions file, and click
Open.
Newly loaded actions are added to the existing actions, and appear at the bottom of the Actions palette.
See also
“To use the Actions palette” on page 498
To play an action on batches of files
TheBatch commandlets youplayanactiononafolder of filesand subfolders.You canalsouse theBatch command
to populate a template for data-driven graphics with different sets of data.
1 Choose Batch from the Actions palette menu.
2 For Play, select the action you want to play.
3 For Source, choose the folder on which to play the action, or select Data Sets to play the action on each data set in
the current file.
If you select a folder, you can set additional options for playing the action. (See “Batch options” on page 503.)
4 For Destination, specify what you want to do with the processed files. You can leave the files open without saving
the changes (None), save and close the file in their current location (Save And Close), or save the files to a different
location (Folder).
Depending on the Destination option you select, you can set additional options for saving the files. (See “Batch
options” on page 503.)
5 Specify how you want Illustrator to handle errors during the batch process. If you select Log Errors To File, click
Save As, and name the error file.
6 Click OK.
Saving files using the Batch command options always saves the files in the same format as the original files. To create
abatch processthatsaves filesinanewformat, record theSaveAsorSaveACopy command, followed by theClose
command, as part of your original action. Then choose None for the Destination when setting up the batch process.
To batch-process using multiple actions, create a new action, and record the Batch command for each action you
want to use. This technique also lets you process multiple folders in a single batch. To batch-process multiple folders,
create aliases within a folder to the other folders you want to process.
See also
“To use the Actions palette” on page 498
“About data sets” on page 508
Batch options
If you select Folder for Source, you can set the following options:
Override Action “Open” Commands Opens the files from the specified folder and ignores any Open commands
recorded as part of the original action.
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